Hi ALL,
My baby is more than an year old and never eats anything happily.I have to force feed him all the time.Is it fine if i force him to eat?I literally have to push every meal into his mouth.Please comment if this is wrong? deepa replied. Hi,
This is mainly to address the issues that Deepa and Ananya have.

I have a 15 month old and yes, feeding them is an ordeal and its very very easy to lose conrol over ones emotions. However, getting frustrated and throwing food on the floor is not sending out any positive message to your kid. Force feeding only helps in making them more averse to food and hence, you have a very fussy eater as they grow up. This is the time when your kid is looking at you, imitating and understanding the world with you as his role model. Any small action is being observed and registered in their brain. So, get a grip of your emotions. You are not the baby here !!
My trick is to just take a deep breath, and keep smiling. Very tough ... trust me.
I am sure your kids love playing hide and seek. What I normally do is sit in one place in the house EVERYDAY at the SAME TIME in the afternoon, switch off the TV,keep the bowl of food next to me, but just dont show any interest towards it. Instead I spend 5 mins playing hide and seek .. I say \" where is\" and look away. Then look at my kid and say \" here he is\" ! do this 5-6 times. Then slowly take the bowl in your hand and continue this game. Kids at this age love repetitive games and esp. hide and seek. SO your kid is def. gonna be excited. Then take food in the spoon and point it in his dir., turn your head and say \" where is \" .. at 1st your kid wont understand so you kind of have to move the spoon in his dir, by looking from the corner of your eye (no need to get frustrated... just keep playing and trying)... but soon he will get the hang of it. SO now when i play this with my kid, he will come slowly towards the spoon, take the food in his mouth (when he does this, i immed. turn and say very excited \" here he is\" ),so then he runs away trying to hide. Repeat this for the next spoon. Yes.. tedious and very boring ... but atleast food is going in !!!! he is happy and i am happy. Good luck ... really hope you guys have luck. and pls keep smiling and show your kid that meal time is not a frustrating thing and that food is meant to be eaten and enjoyed, not thrown on the floor.
Your child’s growth rate will begin to slow down at 14 months, so do not be concerned if his/her appetite begins to lessen or his/her need for food decreases.
Due to emotional development, compiled with a toddler’s shortened attention span and newly discovered decision-making ability (the word \" NO\" has now entered his vocabulary), your child may refuse to eat certain foods or anything at all to show his/her power or independence.
Make sure your toddler gets

Milk -- about 16 to 24 ounces of whole milk per day
Juice -- about 4 ounces a day is adequate
Water
Remember, your job is to choose the best food for your baby, offer regular meals and snacks, and make feeding time happy. Let your child decide how much and when to eat. Your child will know when he/she is hungry!
deepa replied. Hai, i am also in same boat, my kid is 14 months old. she is normal and active all the time and comfortable with tiffin items at morning and night. I feed her until she nods her head, after that i give the remaining piece of tiffin and i act as i am eating, she imitates and she eats the remaining.

But coming to Lunch , this trick is not working. If she finds food in my hand, does all sorts of movements of NO. If i force, does an action of vomiting, puts her face to crying expression, hides at back of TV stand/sofa, shows as though she is in a great trouble.

That irritates me a lot, and at a point i hit her, and make me hurt myself. some times i throw food in floor with angry. Donot know how to overcome.

After all this drama, she used to come and sleep in my lap, making sure that i donot have any sort of rice in my hand.

Some body please suggest how u feed ur kids at noon. Thank you.